A Tale of Two Cities (Artisan Edition)

by Charles Dickens

Overview

The beloved historical novel is now available in an affordable softcover edition featuring a striking cover and distinctive interior design elements, making it ideal for lovers of classic fiction, readers in high-school and college literature courses, and fans of annual reading challenges and "Required Reading" lists.

The A Tale of Two Cities softcover edition:

• Presents Charles Dickens's famed historical novel set during the French Revolution, regarded by many literary scholars as one of the bestselling novels of all time; its 1859 publication helped secure Dickens's place in literature's pantheon of great writers.
• Explores such important themes as violence, duality, resurrection, revolution, and the significance of women's roles in social change.
• Is ideal for Dickens aficionados, fans of literary fiction and classic literature, and people who love both the book and the cinematic adaptations it inspired.

Whether you're buying this as a gift or as a self-purchase, this remarkable edition features:

• Beautiful softcover
• Distinctive decorative interior pages featuring pull quotes distributed throughout
• Part of a 4-volume collection including Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, and Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights.

After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille, the aging Dr. Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter Lucie in London. However, there he meets two very different men, connected through their love for Lucie Manette. Drawn against their will to Paris at the height of the French Revolution's Reign of Terror, they all soon fall under the lethal, far-reaching shadow of "La Guillotine."

An affordable edition ideal for your favorite classic fiction lover, literature student, or fan of annual reading challenges.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781400341863
Publisher:	Harper Muse
Publication date:	04/09/2024
Series:	Harper Muse: Artisan Edition
Pages:	512
Sales rank:	656,080
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 6.10(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) is probably the greatest novelist England has ever produced, the author of such famous books as A Christmas Carol, Hard Times, Great Expectations, David Copperfield, and Oliver Twist. His innate comic genius and shrewd depictions of Victorian life — along with his indelible characters — have made his books beloved by readers the world over. Dickens was born in Landport, Portsea, England and died in Kent after suffering a stroke. The second of eight children of a family continually plagued by debt, the young Dickens came to know hunger, privation, and the horrors of the infamous debtors' prison and the evils of child labor. These unfortunate early life experiences helped shape many of his greatest works.

Date of Birth:

February 7, 1812

Date of Death:

June 18, 1870

Place of Birth:

Portsmouth, England

Place of Death:

Gad's Hill, Kent, England

Education:

Home-schooling; attended Dame School at Chatham briefly and Wellington